- to wake sb; to rouse
- self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
- the Creator (in religion or mythology); God
- soft; gentle; pliable
- easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
- offshore
- cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
- 拐 guǎi: 拐 guai3: to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1])拐 guǎi: 拐 guai3: cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff
- wind direction; the way the wind is blowing; fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones); how things are developing; course of events
- unmanned; uninhabited
- father and daughter
- commercial affairs; commercial; commerce; business
- idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- to inflict (punishment); to provide (training etc); to apply (pressure etc)
- have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4]
- dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
- Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
- the two equinoxes
- spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change
- to rise; to go up
- to get out of danger
- change of appearance; to revise one's point of view
- lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart; a sheep in wolf's clothing
- to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
- a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament
- to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
- (of an organization etc) standing or permanent
- on the street; in town
- to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
- rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders
- to disseminate; to propagate; to spread
- contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory
- to clog up; blockage
- to bow before (idiom); to capitulate
- (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow
- certainly; of course
- to seize; to capture; to grab
- (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door